1、1、Barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人。 2、Beauty is but a blossom. 美丽只是盛开的花朵。 3、Beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。 4、Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼里出西施。 5、Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent. 美丽是有力量的，但金钱更有权威。 6、Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美就是真，真就是美。 7、Beauty lies in lovers eyes. 情人眼里出西施。
2、8、Beauty may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit. 美丽的花或许长好叶，结苦果。 9、Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而无德犹如花之无香。 10、Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creature of man. 并非时势造人，而是人造时势。 11、Man is the artificer of his own happiness. 人之幸福，自己创造。 1
3、2、Manners make the man. 礼貌造就人。 13、Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在天，成事在人。 14、Mans best plans often miscarry. 神机妙算，常常失算。 15、Mans best possession is a loving wife. 男人最可贵的是有一个贤淑的妻子。 16、Man will conquer nature. 人定胜天。 17、Many a fine dish has nothing on it. 虚有其表。 18、Many a flower is born to blush unseen. 有
4、许多花儿生来就开著没有人欣赏。 19、Many a good cow hath a bad calf. 虎父生犬子。 10、Many a good father hath but a bad son. 好父亲偏生不肖子。 21、Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle. 积少成多。 22、Many ants kill the horse. 蚁多可杀马。 23、Quality is better than quantity. 质重于量。 24、Quality matters more than quantity. 质量比数量重要。 25、Quarrels
5、of lovers but renew their love. 情人争争吵吵，自会言归于好。 26、Quick at meal, quick at work. 吃得快，做得快。 27、Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth. 手勤脚快，嘴里吃饱。 28、Quietness is best. 宁静最好。 29、Quietude is the crown of life. 安静是生命的皇冠。30、Yesterday will not be called again. 光阴一去不复返。 31、You are the greatest enemy if you
6、 are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest friend. 如果你是胆小鬼，你就是自己最大的敌人；如果你是勇敢者，你就是自己最好的朋友。 32、You can do more than strike while the iron is hot; you can make the iron hot by striking. 铁热时，你能做的不止是锤打，而锤打可使铁热。33、You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of
7、the time; but you cant fool all of the people all the time. 你可以一直愚弄一些人，甚至可以在某个时期愚弄所有的人；但不能一直愚弄所有的人。 34、You cannot clap with one hand. 孤掌难鸣。 35、You cannot have two forenoons in the same day. 一日之中不可能有两个上午。 36、You cannot flay the same ox twice. 一头牛不能剥两次皮。 37、You cannot judge a tree by its bark. 人不可貌相。
8、38、You cannot make a crab walk straight. 江山易改，本性难移。 39、You (or One) cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear. 粗瓷碗雕不出细花来。 40、You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 你不可能出售乳牛，同时又要喝牛奶。 41、You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 马到河边不喝水，逼马低头亦枉然。(不要逼人做他不愿做的事) 42、You cant eat
9、your cake and have it. 不能既要吃饼，又要把饼保存。 43、You cant make bricks without straw. 没有稻草，制砖难搞。 44、You cant make omelets (or omeletts) without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。 45、You have no goats, and yet you sell kids. 你虽无老山羊，却出卖小山羊。 46、You make the failure complete when you stop strying. 不再努力之时，就是完全失败之日。 47、You may
10、 force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep. 你可以迫人闭眼，但不能使他睡觉。 48、You may go farther and fare worse. 一动不如一静。 49、Kill the goose that laid the golden egg. 杀鸡取蛋 50、Kind words butter no parsnips. 画饼充饥。 鞭长莫及beyond onesgrasp关公门前耍大刀Theres no need to teach a fish to swim.严以责己宽以待人to be severe
11、 with oneself and lenient with others铁石心肠a heart of steel听天由命to be guided by destiny骄者必败Pride goes before a fall. 螳臂挡车to kick against the pricks鞠躬尽瘁to give the last measure of devotion聪明反被聪明误to suffer for ones wisdom旧调重谈to harp on the same string礼尚往来Courtesy on one side cannot last long.礼多必诈full of
12、courtesy, full of craft声嘶力竭He was talking at the top of his voice.覆水难收Whats done cannot be undone./There is no use crying over spilt milk.转石不生苔A rolling stone gathers no moss.转败为胜to convert defeat into victory 适者生存the survival of the fittest穷寇莫追A cornered animal is a dangerous foe.积少成多Every little makes a mickle. (Every little helps.)脍炙人口in everyones mouth钱可通神Money can move even the gods.谋事在人成事在天Man proposes and God disposes.学无捷径There is no royal road/shortcut to learning.机不可失Opportunity seldo knocks twice.优胜劣败The weakest goes to the wall.声东击西to look one way and row another
